PORT MARIA, St Mary – Outraged by the thought that the dead would be disturbed, mayor of Port Maria Councillor Richard Creary (Jamaica Labour Party, Richmond Division) has dismissed calls for Highgate cemetery…
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Listen to their voices
Children from the section of Arnett Gardens known as Mexico shared their fears, their dreams, their peeves and their guilty pleasures in a discussion in their community with the Jamaica Observer, in collaboration…
NWA boss clarifies CHEC’s role in highway project
CHIEF executive officer of the National Works Agency (NWA) EG Hunter has sought to clarify recent reports that China Harbour Engineering (CHEC) is taking over some of the projects on the Southern Coastal…
New senators promise to serve the Jamaican people
SENATE newcomers Abka Fitz-Henley and Dr Dana Morris Dixon have given their firm commitment to utilise the opportunity afforded them to sit in the Upper House to serve the Jamaican people. The Government…
Constitution clash
A war of words is brewing between political scientist and civil society advocate Professor Trevor Munroe and Constitutional Reform Committee member Tom Tavares-Finson over the manner in which the Independence Constitution was crafted….
Work on breakaway at Chovey set for completion in two months
WORK is to be completed on the breakaway at Chovey — part of the Junction main road rehabilitation project — in another two months, head of the National Works Agency (NWA) EG Hunter…
Long overdue
CLASSIFYING the pending increase in the salaries of high court judges as “welcome news”, two veteran attorneys from the private bar say it is hoped that senior counsel who have in the past…
Roses for teachers
Elletson Primary and Infant School teacher Monique Stone (left) beams as she accepts a spray of roses from Scotiabank President and CEO Audrey Tugwell Henry during a visit to the school on Bryden…
Men still shunning prostate tests
Despite efforts to subsidise the cost for the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) diagnostic test, acting executive director of the Jamaica Cancer Society Michael Leslie not many men are getting tested. The Government announced…
Dairy board to be blamed for mismanaging sector, says Cousins
MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for Clarendon South Western Lothian Cousins says the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB) should account for the mismanagement of the sector, as over the past two years skimmed and…